/feɪ/
adjectivenoun

Is FEY a Scrabble word?

Yes. FEY is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Meaning Possessing second sight, clairvoyance, or clairaudience.

Adjective 4 meanings

  1. Possessing second sight, clairvoyance, or clairaudience.

  2. Overrefined, affected.

  3. Strange or otherworldly.

  4. Spellbound.

Noun 2 meanings

  1. A fairy.

  2. Fairy folk collectively.

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: fey via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English feye (“fated to die”), from Old English fǣġe (“doomed to die, timid”), from Proto-West Germanic *faigī, from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz (“cowardly, wicked”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyk- (“ill-meaning, bad”).

Similar and opposite words

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FEY at a glance

FEY has 3 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (F 4 + E 1 + Y 4) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #28,824 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -FEY

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Same last three letters as FEY. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • WIFEY14
  • HOUSEWIFEY22

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